Apparently coal mining is still all the rage in Western Pennsylvania, even amid the going green movement possessing all those newly minted environmentalists out there. In this awfully capitalistic nation of ours, when it comes to the almighty dollar, virtue can be defiled rather quickly. So what if it entails a little surface mining, defiling of a different variety and arguably an environmentally unfriendly little endeavor? The way Hoffman Mining Co. saw things, they deserved to profit from a shrewd decision to lease a coal-laden, couple hundred-acre parcel of land in Adams Township, Cambria County.
Unfortunately for Hoffman, their plan did not go off with a bang. There was one obstacle threatening to turn their proverbial pot of gold at the rainbow’s end into a pot of coal. According to the Commonwealth Court opinion in Hoffman Mining Co. Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board of Adams Township, their mining strategy entailed activity just a stone’s throw from a quaint, residential community. In short, it wanted to detonate things 300 feet from people, small children included.
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